Helmut Reisen

Helmut Reisen is head of research and counsellor to the Director of the OECD Development Centre. His recent work includes analysis into China's economic impact on poor countries, the role of exchange rates to restore global current account balance, and the global aid architecture.

Mr Reisen has written extensively in scholarly journals* and the financial press, including two prize-winning essays in the Amex Bank Review competition. He writes a regular economics column in Internationale Politik and in Financial Times Deutschland and is a member of the editorial boards of International Finance, Deutsche Bank Research Notes, Internationale Politik and Review of Development Finance.
Mr Reisen holds a PhD from Cologne University and is a Professor of International Economics at the University of Basel. Prior to joining the OECD, he worked at Commerzbank AG, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, the Federation of German Industries and the German Ministry of Economics.